All I've done for three days is stare at a monitor and watch someone steal repeatedly. I'm only halfway through the footage too. My brain is melting.
The same someone?
Yeah. We're (we're being me) gathering evidence of every time he took money from a drawer. I'm up to 33 times over the span of 5 days at $20 a pop.
Ugh, I've done the sitting there part. It sucks.
I'm lucky, the POS keeps a record of all the transactions he did, and he's consistent, he only steals $20's. So I just scroll through his list of transactions that were paid for with a $20, then check the video against the transaction's timestamp. The crap part is the playback software for our security system, it's awful. Freezes, locks up, won't convert and save the video. I have to re-start it every 3rd or 4th time.
t Preach - Yeah, calling the police as soon as I'm done cataloguing it all, then confronting him Monday when the owner's back from Germany.
If you don't mind my asking, what system are you guys using for the video?
I very amused at the idea that there are posers at ren faires that are just doing it to "fit in."
This has been well documented in social psychology. In the absence of cool people, the next coolest person in the situation will become the coolest person. I think it is called conservation of nerdology or something.
In the land of the dorks, the man with a Canadian girlfriend is king.
All I've done for three days is stare at a monitor and watch someone steal repeatedly. I'm only halfway through the footage too. My brain is melting.
The same someone?
Yeah. We're (we're being me) gathering evidence of every time he took money from a drawer. I'm up to 33 times over the span of 5 days at $20 a pop.
Ugh, I've done the sitting there part. It sucks.
I'm lucky, the POS keeps a record of all the transactions he did, and he's consistent, he only steals $20's. So I just scroll through his list of transactions that were paid for with a $20, then check the video against the transaction's timestamp. The crap part is the playback software for our security system, it's awful. Freezes, locks up, won't convert and save the video. I have to re-start it every 3rd or 4th time.
t Preach - Yeah, calling the police as soon as I'm done cataloguing it all, then confronting him Monday when the owner's back from Germany.
If you don't mind my asking, what system are you guys using for the video?
These guys - http://www.westec.net/ The hardware is good, and the server software is good, just actually viewing recordings is wonky and awful.
Man this must be bizarro chat, I'm defending not looking down on others. Christ.
So that's why people who put time into their costumes and appreciate them more than those who don't are 'elitist'??
You can still appreciate your costume while not trying to chase off people who don't. Perhaps taking that time to educate them instead of looking down on them would bring about a better understanding?
It seems like you look at people who don't know all the same stuff as you as ignorant tools and they should never come to your festival unless they've put in the same amount of effort. Like a no true scottsman falacy its madness.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Man this must be bizarro chat, I'm defending not looking down on others. Christ.
So that's why people who put time into their costumes and appreciate them more than those who don't are 'elitist'??
When it's expressed as "man I hate those people who just put on something that looks 'medieval' and go to the faire," instead of "man I really love the people that do a bunch of research and put a lot of detail into their costumes and personas," then yea, kinda.
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The reason people get into Ren Faires isn't the issue, it's what they do once they get into them, which defeats a major part of their purpose.
unless you're speaking Middle English and not using antibiotics, renfairs will always be a corruption of the original historical setting, insofar as that term has any meaning
get over it
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I didn't say I hate them. They want to fake it to get some of the 'ren fair vibe' going on, whatever. I may not like how little effort they put into it, but I'm not going to chase them off. That said, I am going to ask them about their costume and recommend time periods they could look at, though, especially if they intend on becoming a ren fair regular. If they keep showing up with out having done a little research then yes, I'm going to have a little problem with them. Nothing is more annoying than willful ignorance, especially considering all the resources out there.
unless you're speaking Middle English and not using antibiotics, renfairs will always be a corruption of the original historical setting, insofar as that term has any meaning
get over it
The closer to the truth the better, and the further the worse. I don't expect a reenactment, but though I enjoy them, I am disappointed by the squandering of their potential. So, in short, no.
Now I want to go to a ren faire dressed like normal, hang out, get drunk, and just throw a few "thee"s, "thou"s, and "art"s into my sentences every now and then.
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If you don't mind my asking, what system are you guys using for the video?
How is not wearing the proper buttonhook garment spreading or defending ignorance? Jesus ren faires SERIOUS BUSINESS!
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When it's based on hard work and, as Jewcar pointed out, a desire to educate then it's not.
Do you earn the same amount as, say, the mail boy (if you have one) at your office? No? Why not, you work in the same office, right?
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Knowledge is serious business yes. Especially since most people have a hard time un-learning false information.
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....he said, flicking back his silky long hair and returning to his Blazblue strategy forums with a roll of his eyes.
So that's why people who put time into their costumes and appreciate them more than those who don't are 'elitist'??
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Hey I have short hair now! Geeeeeze.
...and god do I ever need all the help I can get as Tager.
Ignorance isn't offensive unless it's willful ignorance.
Eh, that's the single most critical bit of functionality. Not good when you fuck that up.
You can still appreciate your costume while not trying to chase off people who don't. Perhaps taking that time to educate them instead of looking down on them would bring about a better understanding?
It seems like you look at people who don't know all the same stuff as you as ignorant tools and they should never come to your festival unless they've put in the same amount of effort. Like a no true scottsman falacy its madness.
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That fucker touched me once and took 3/4ths of my life gauge.
That's not at all the same thing.
The reason people get into Ren Faires isn't the issue, it's what they do once they get into them, which defeats a major part of their purpose.
get over it
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Yeah most of the time I say that selling out is bull. But inq totally sold out.
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That's a shame, Colin.
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I just died inside
thankfully the bile doesn't go anywhere
ITT we find out that elendil isn't even a one pump chump.
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Every time I see how short it is I cry a little.
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The closer to the truth the better, and the further the worse. I don't expect a reenactment, but though I enjoy them, I am disappointed by the squandering of their potential. So, in short, no.
Aren't you in every csi as the bell boy killer?
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